A Benton County judge has ruled that a man accused in the death of his cousin's wife is fit to proceed in his criminal case.

Circuit Court Judge Jon Comstock made the decision Thursday in the case of Sergio Morales-Carrera. Prosecutors have charged Morales-Carrera with capital murder in the 2008 killing of Veronica Robles at her home in Rogers. Morales-Carrera was living there at the time.

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An evaluation at the Arkansas State Hospital found Morales-Carrera has the capacity to understand the proceedings against him but it also found he has schizophrenia. Public defender Jay Saxton told the Benton County Daily Record that while his client is fit to proceed now, that could change.

Saxton wants his client acquitted on grounds that Morales-Carrera has a mental disease.